diff --git a/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMesh.H b/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMesh.H
index 589c490a3b..a839d79a70 100644
--- a/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMesh.H
+++ b/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMesh.H
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public:
 
     // Member Functions
 
-        // Database
+      // Database
 
             //- Return the local mesh directory (dbDir()/meshSubDir)
             fileName meshDir() const;
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public:
             void setWriteOption(IOobject::writeOption);
 
 
-        // Access
+      // Access
 
             //- Return the number of raw points
             virtual label nPoints() const;
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ public:
             //  time directories
             virtual readUpdateState readUpdate();
 
-            //- Update the mesh corresponding to given map
 
             //- Remove surface zones
             void removeZones();
@@ -298,16 +297,27 @@ public:
             void transfer(MeshedSurface<face>&);
 
 
+      // Writing
+
         //- Avoid masking the normal objectRegistry write
         using surfaceRegistry::write;
 
+        //- Write all components using given format, version and compression
+        virtual bool writeObject
+        (
+            IOstream::streamFormat fmt,
+            IOstream::versionNumber ver,
+            IOstream::compressionType cmp
+        ) const;
+
         //- Write to file
         static void write(const fileName&, const surfMesh&);
 
         //- Write to file
         void write(const fileName&);
 
-        //  Storage management
+
+      // Storage management
 
             //- Transfer contents to the Xfer container as a MeshedSurface
             Xfer<MeshedSurface<face>> xfer();
diff --git a/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMeshIO.C b/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMeshIO.C
index 724c44d685..ec0b9f6106 100644
--- a/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMeshIO.C
+++ b/src/surfMesh/surfMesh/surfMeshIO.C
@@ -200,4 +200,15 @@ Foam::surfMesh::readUpdateState Foam::surfMesh::readUpdate()
 }
 
 
+bool Foam::surfMesh::writeObject
+(
+    IOstream::streamFormat fmt,
+    IOstream::versionNumber ver,
+    IOstream::compressionType cmp
+) const
+{
+    return Allocator::writeObject(fmt, ver, cmp);
+}
+
+
 // ************************************************************************* //